Hooper
@hooperhooper.bsky.social
UNC History PhD candidate. Historian of gay rights activism and lesbian-feminism, student activism in the gay liberation era, and the 1970s South. NC born/raised/now. he/him ⚣
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Tomorrow hundreds of thousands of people will hit the streets in the US for the first time since the effective collapse of the constitutional republic. With so many new folks marching, rallying, and taking action, there’s a growing need to disseminate information on keeping ourselves & others safe.
The Protesters' Guide To Smartphone Security Zine : Jonah Aragon (text); Firestorm Books (layout) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A 16 page zine created from text by Jonah Aragon, Project Director of Privacy Guides (privacyguides.org).For most protesters, activists, and journalists, your...
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January 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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December 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
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US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the ...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🚨🚨In today's "the world's most trustworthy trading partner": #US suspends technology deal with Britain. 🧵
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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“.. Rarely a week goes by now without a European government, military or security chief making a grim speech warning the public that they are headed toward a potential war with Russia.”
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December 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“.. Rarely a week goes by now without a European government, military or security chief making a grim speech warning the public that they are headed toward a potential war with Russia.”
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This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is precisely the intention of vouchers. They are an elaborate plot to destroy the public education system, which is part of a larger plot to enslave the American population
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Century of humiliation
Roomba Maker iRobot declares bankruptcy, sez it has a $3.4 mil tariff bill unpaid, it will be purchased by its main Chinese supplier to whom it owes $100m to, Shenzhen Picea Robotics.
Shenzhen Picea Robotics says it will keep the Roombas working
www.wglt.org/2025-12-15/r...
Shenzhen Picea Robotics says it will keep the Roombas working
www.wglt.org/2025-12-15/r...
Roomba maker files for bankruptcy, weighed down by debt and tariffs
iRobot, the U.S. firm that had robots vacuuming homes, will be taken over by its China-based supplier. It's assuring owners that devices will keep working as usual.
www.wglt.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Century of humiliation
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Sartre didn’t smoke all those cigarettes at Café de Flore for you all to be saying that a racist political ideology is really nihilism
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Sartre didn’t smoke all those cigarettes at Café de Flore for you all to be saying that a racist political ideology is really nihilism
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![“There’s a lot of value in bringing in tech talent,” Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, told Nextgov/FCW. “That said, part of the reason why there’s a need for tech talent in government right now is because [Department of Government Efficiency] drove out some very talented individuals who were already in government.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreig6nmddob7x5fkbufgwjgdzttcfhjzxihrnndmnajy234b6bpk4py@jpeg)
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The Republican-led House has approved a measure to reinstate collective bargaining rights for nearly 1 million federal workers, voting to nullify a Trump executive order for the first time.
December 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Republican-led House has approved a measure to reinstate collective bargaining rights for nearly 1 million federal workers, voting to nullify a Trump executive order for the first time.
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"The erosion of job security in higher education isn’t a bellwether for the general workforce — it’s the final frontier."
www.chronicle.com/article/is-a...
www.chronicle.com/article/is-a...
Opinion | Is Any Professor Safe From Being Fired Anymore?
Academics are just the latest to confront the vanishing promise of job security in America.
www.chronicle.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"The erosion of job security in higher education isn’t a bellwether for the general workforce — it’s the final frontier."
www.chronicle.com/article/is-a...
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Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
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“.. Netflix and WBD .. may have a way out in today’s openly politicized regulatory environment, the lawyer suggested: ‘The way they don’t get sued is by spinning off CNN to a conservative.’”
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December 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
“.. Netflix and WBD .. may have a way out in today’s openly politicized regulatory environment, the lawyer suggested: ‘The way they don’t get sued is by spinning off CNN to a conservative.’”
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A point of nuance here: "masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable" is how lynch mobs are described, not state-sanctioned executions.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:43 AM
A point of nuance here: "masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable" is how lynch mobs are described, not state-sanctioned executions.
All that was old is new again.
Dispatch from the archives.
Dispatch from the archives.
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
All that was old is new again.
Dispatch from the archives.
Dispatch from the archives.
I love getting older I love asking for 10% off something in the store because there’s damage to the packaging
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I love getting older I love asking for 10% off something in the store because there’s damage to the packaging
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North Carolina’s programs to repair and rebuild multi-family and workforce housing in western counties will begin accepting applications in early 2026, Gov. Josh Stein said this week. ncnewsline.com/briefs/nc-wi... #ncpol #WNC Story by @galenb.bsky.social
NC to launch Helene housing for multi-family, workforce in 2026 • NC Newsline
State officials have been accepting applications for single-family housing since June; that program’s applications close Dec. 31.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
North Carolina’s programs to repair and rebuild multi-family and workforce housing in western counties will begin accepting applications in early 2026, Gov. Josh Stein said this week. ncnewsline.com/briefs/nc-wi... #ncpol #WNC Story by @galenb.bsky.social
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Copa, Wingo, Satena, and Boliviana halt Venezuela flights, citing navigation signal issues and safety concerns.
Last foreign carriers halt flights to Venezuela after Trump’s airspace ban
Copa, Wingo, Satena, and Boliviana halt Venezuela flights, citing navigation signal issues and safety concerns.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Copa, Wingo, Satena, and Boliviana halt Venezuela flights, citing navigation signal issues and safety concerns.
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Australia's world-first ban requires 10 major online platforms to block users aged 16.
Meta starts blocking teens in Australia under social media ban
Australia's world-first ban requires 10 major online platforms to block users aged 16.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Australia's world-first ban requires 10 major online platforms to block users aged 16.
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Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
Gaza mourns latest victims of Israeli genocide that ‘never really ended’
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Gaza residents fear the return of full-scale war as Israel receives second-last captive's body.
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A federal vaccine advisory committee is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer.
What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it
A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A federal vaccine advisory committee is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer.
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"genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism" is such a word
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
It goes into that weird thing that genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism but everybody is getting trained to be such a cynical unfeeling asshole nowadays that I find the smartest people often are the “hell yeah cool song/drawing/story/video” people
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
"genuine appreciation is somehow considered less intellectual than criticism" is such a word
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
the number of times I've said I enjoyed something and IMMEDIATELY, like a starting pistol just went off, someone gallops in to do "too bad you are simply Not Smart Enough to have spotted this list of flaws"
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Agreed. To state the obvious, Brett Kavanaugh was putting a smiley face on the authoritarian state. Violent abductions of innocent people are what it was always about.
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The Kavanaugh Stop’s Legacy: 50 Days, 170+ Detained Citizens, Zero Answers - Above the Law
From the 50-days-more-than-should-have-happened dept
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December 3, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Agreed. To state the obvious, Brett Kavanaugh was putting a smiley face on the authoritarian state. Violent abductions of innocent people are what it was always about.
abovethelaw.com/2025/10/the-...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice." This was my rationale for saying no GenAI in our MA; others disagreed. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice." This was my rationale for saying no GenAI in our MA; others disagreed. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...